# Tonight, "The Phantom of the Opera" becomes the longest run show in Broadway history

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-the-phantom-of-the-opera-becomes-the-longest-run-show-in-broadway-history/339151 "2006-01-09T14:13:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-the-phantom-of-the-opera-becomes-the-longest-run-show-in-broadway-history/339151/21 "2006-01-10T22:52:47Z")

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> [@scotandrsn](#):
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> The music has not aged well.

Wow, you’re right. I never thought I’s say that.

I remembered the music being so powerful and moving, so I just pulled out my 1987 CD set with Crawford and Brightman and listened to the main theme, and… wow.

Cheesy.

I don’t seem to recall all those… synthesizers. And those drums… did that come out of a Casio?

Somebody tell me they updated the score a bit in all these years!

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-the-phantom-of-the-opera-becomes-the-longest-run-show-in-broadway-history/339151/22 "2006-01-11T00:21:03Z")

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I saw it again two years ago and the performance I saw (touring production) was _awful_. Talk about a third rate cast … and I regret to inform **June** , but the score was not updated at all. The drums sounded even worse when I was there. I could program better sounding drums in Fruity Loops.

Still has a couple of decent songs, though.

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**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-the-phantom-of-the-opera-becomes-the-longest-run-show-in-broadway-history/339151/23 "2006-01-13T02:20:29Z")

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> [@middleman](#):
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> _"Poor Sharon’s new party must succeeeeeed. Only then will Gaza bel-ong tooooo meeeeeeee!_"

Out from their defences protesting the new fences  
With Hamas to insist their cousins fight  
Can you trust the Abu Mazen knight?

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-the-phantom-of-the-opera-becomes-the-longest-run-show-in-broadway-history/339151/24 "2006-01-13T02:36:52Z")

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> [@DMark](#):
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> Forgot to mention - for all of you Phantom fans, the Venetian Hotel here in Las Vegas is building a theater, with a lake on stage, and little Andy Weber is making a few tweaks in the show and a bigger, grander version will soon be performing nightly on The Strip.

OUTSTANDING!

I’ve seen POTO four times on stage, plus the movie. We go to Vegas annually for a convention and I’m looking forward to seeing it there.

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